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Jive
Like a whole other language in the 70's-80's. Here is a memorable quote from Airplane.

Randy : Can I get you something?
Second Jive Dude : 'S'mofo butter layin' me to da' BONE! Jackin' me up... tight me!
Randy : I'm sorry, I don't understand.
First Jive Dude : Cutty say 'e can't HANG!
Jive Lady : Oh stewardess! I speak jive.
Randy : Oh, good.
Jive Lady : He said that he's in great pain and he wants to know if you can help him.
Randy : All right. Would you tell him to just relax and I'll be back as soon as I can with some medicine?
Jive Lady : Jus' hang loose, blood. She gonna catch ya up on da' rebound on da' med side.
Second Jive Dude : What it is, big mama? My mama no raise no dummies. I dug her rap!
Jive Lady : Cut me some slack, Jack! Chump don' want no help, chump don't GET da' help!
First Jive Dude : Say 'e can't hang, say seven up!
Jive Lady : Jive dude don't got no brains anyhow! Hmmph!
By Lyssa
Jive
v.:1) to irritate or annoy
2) to throw off someone's style
n.:1) pointless or deceptive talk/rhetoric

v.:"Quit jivin' me, turkey"
n.:"Don't give me that jive"
By Chelsae
Jive
1) Jazz slang from the 1930s and 40s. The language of swing.
Cab Calloway produced some "hepster dictionaries" in the form of free booklets given away with his recordings of the time.

2)A partner dance from the 1950s based upon a 6-count pattern. A rather simplistic descendent of the more complex and exciting Lindy Hop. Danced to rockabilly, early rhythm 'n' blues, rock 'n' roll and sometimes swing, although Lindy is the preferred dance.

1) first chap~ Get off the fence Hortense! Dig those real gone gates! They totally send me!
second chap~ Sir, are you talking jive to me?

2)I'm knackered, I was jiving all night at the club. The Lindy Hoppers weren't too impressed though as they didn't play much swing.
By Dorry
Jive
v) to be consistent with, match up.
n) B.S.

His pimpin' clothes and his hooptie ride just don't jive.

Don't think I'm going to believe all that jive.
By Concordia
Jive
Colorful form of speaking. Sometimes hard to follow.

1> Shit man, that honky mus' be messin' my old lady... Got to be runnin' cold upside down his head. Ya know?
2> Hey home, I can dig it. You know he ain't gonna lay no mo' big rap up on you man.
1> I say hey sky, s'other s'ay I wan say? Pray to J I get the same ol' same ol'.
2> Eh. Yo know yourself a pro slick, gray matter live performas down now take TCB'in man.
1> Hey, you know what they say... See a broad, to get that booty, yak 'em, leg 'er down 'n smack 'em yak 'em.
2> Cold got to be! You know? Sheeiiiiiiiit.
By Grier
Jive
Marijuana. Slang, obsolete, black sub-culture, dating to at least 1930s.

"Here Comes The Man With The Jive!" (title of song)
-- Stuff Smith And His Onyx Club Boys
By Kevyn
Jive
adv.
used to emphasize a statement;
i.e.: very, really, pretty

That shit was jive expensive.
That joint was jive tight.
By Christiana
Jive
70's ebonics, black speech, a deep form of slang slightly easier to understand than this shizzle language. It appears that some honkys in here didn't get the memo.

Hey, it's all part of the revolution! **combs fro**
By Marylou
Jive
jive can also mean that u agree with something or someone

Ash: u see that gurl's ugly clothes?
Pam: Jive
By Norma
Jive
any specific sort of jargon or language.

that cat was talking all smart, i didn't understand his scholarly jive.
By Mirilla